As you read, keep this adage in mind: "For every action, there
is an equal and opposite reaction." Those who design wars (action)
expect opposition (reaction). They plan to control both sides of the
fight.

To do that, psychological warriors design media events to neutralize
opposition. The psyops warriors design conflict dramas. Actors
(undercover agents) are assigned to play parts on both sides, as antagonists
and protagonists. The events are reported as "news," and public opinion
is manipulated in favor of one side or the other. So it was
in Waco; so it is with the Church of the Nativity.

MOP-UP OPERATION

Christianity has been destroyed from within. Now all that remains
is to destroy the Christian relics and monuments. In 1999, the
Jews, under the cover of the "United States," attacked ancient centers of
Christendom (Serbia, and, in particular, Kosovo) and destroyed many early
Christian relics there. Now the Jews attack on the Church of the Nativity,
the very core of Christian history.

KNOW THIS: CHRISTIANITY IS DEAD

The Jews know that Christianity is dead and the Christian religious leaders
worthless. They want to drive the point home. Hence the
current lesson: Judaism is triumphant. The Jews can do to whatever
they wish to the religious shrines of goyim and the goyim will roll over.

So the Pope utters pious inanities, wrings his hands, and murmurs about
unjust wars and genocide. But really, it should be one way or
the other: The Pope should have 1) requested that Palestinians leave or,
2 ) requested that the Israelis honor the sanctuary of the Church.

The Pope could have sent the Swiss Guard to defend the Church of the
Nativity. A symbolic move, to be sure -- but after all, the Church
of the Nativity was the birthplace of Christ, and the Pope claims to be the
Vicar of Christ. The Pope did not need tanks. He has Christ,
yes? He just needed gall.

Meanwhile, on what is Catholic attention focused? Catholic attention
right now is focused on priests rear-ending altar boys -- even as the birth
place of Jesus is being defiled and destroyed. What perfect timing.
What strategy.

A STAGED EVENT

Do you imagine this siege is not a staged event? The defilement
of the Church of the Nativity is an important Jewish supremacy target, and
the Israelis would carefully calculate their strategy.

Saturday's Washington Post article points out that there is limited food
and water inside the Church of the Nativity. Of course the Israelis
must have known from the start -- just as anyone with a grain of common sense
would know.

Given that, all the Israelis have had to do is wait it out and capture
the "Palestinian gunmen" without killing anybody and without destroying
any portion of the building. But waiting does not make a media event.
That's not the way to manufacture "news" to shape public opinion.

What the Jewish supremacists want is fireworks and an extended drama
so lessons can be taught and public opinion molded. That was the plan
in Waco, too.

The Post also tells us the Israelis have sent in water to "some" the
Christian clergy -- water fortified with 40 minerals and vitamins.
Wonder why the Israelis would do that? After all, the article makes
it clear that the clergy are sharing their food and water with the "Palestinian
gunmen." Sending water will only prolong the siege; but that, of course,
is part of Israel's plan.

The Mt. Carmel Center was richly populated with government agents living
under cover, pretending to be Davidians, long before the raid of
February 28, 1993. And Special Operations commandos were amply represented
on the other side, playing the part of "law enforcement officers" on the
day of the raid. [Footnote 1] Rest assured that there are Israeli
undercover agents on both sides of the Church of the Nativity drama, some
posing as "Palestinian gunmen," some as "Christians."

A CALCULATED STRATEGY

Washington Post:
"The decision by the Palestinians to seek refuge there was part of calculated
strategy, planned days in advance . . . 'It was planned this way,' said
the Rev. Majdi Siryani, a Roman Catholic priest . . .'They knew the
Israelis would not storm the holy site. They'd be insane to do it.'"

I'd say the good Father Siryani is a fool or a knave. The refuge-seeking
gambit was part of a calculated strategy, all right -- but the chances
are overwhelming that it was an Israeli strategy. How could
Siryani know anything about the Israelis and not understand their treachery
and hatred for Christianity?
http://www.abbc.com/islam/english/toread/shahak.htm

Father Siryani must have been too busy saying his prayers to notice that
the Jews who ran the US bombed Serbia, a land filled with ancient Christian
relics, during Holy Week in 1999.

LET'S YOU AND HIM FIGHT

Let's look at the words in the Post again:

"The decision by the Palestinians to seek refuge there was part of calculated
strategy, planned days in advance . . . 'It was planned this way,' said
the Rev. Majdi Siryani, a Roman Catholic priest . . . 'They
knew the Israelis would not storm the holy site. They'd be insane to
do it.'"

What these words convey is that the blame for the damage or destruction
of the Church of the Nativity ultimately rests on Muslim shoulders, and the
Israelis have been acting with restraint. If you believe that, you've
been neutralized: you are casualty of the Israeli disinformation campaign.

"Let's you and him fight," is the strategy of this War of Jewish Supremacy.
"Let the goyim fight each other and knock each other out." That was
the tactic used on September 11 when USrael pulled off a spectacular media
event, blamed it on the Muslims, and sent the dumb American goyim off to
bomb Afghanistan.

When you read the Post article below, notice there are "negotiations"
between the Israelis and the Palestinians, just as there were "negotiations"
between the FBI and David Koresh in Waco. Ultimately it will be shown
that the "Palestinians" acted unreasonably in the face of reasonable Israeli
offers, just as David Koresh was said to have acted unreasonably.

Right now The Washington Post is saying that many of the nice Christians
support the Palestinian cause. Do you wonder why the Post, a Zionist
flagship newspaper, is telling us this news?

We may find that some of those Christians who sympathize with the Palestinians
today change their minds tomorrow. We, the consumers of this media
event, will be expected to change our minds, too. That's the purpose
of media events.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Inside the Church of the Nativity, priests were
singing vespers and meditating. Incense filled the air. All doors and gates
to the outside were sealed, in a vain effort to insulate the holy shrine
from a battle raging between Palestinian fighters and the Israeli army.

The prayers that evening, April 2, were interrupted by a gunshot
coming from the Franciscan monastery, adjacent to the church's ancient
basilica. A bullet blew apart a lock to a century-old side door, enabling
a handful of Palestinian gunmen to walk in. Over the next two hours, dozens
more followed, about 200 in all, until the sanctuary was filled with Palestinians,
black paint streaked across many of their faces.

The sudden appearance of a small army of guerrilla fighters in
one of the holiest sites in Christianity did not, however, come as a complete
surprise to most of the clergy members inside. Many of them had been expecting
the visit. They welcomed the Palestinians, asked them to please shoulder
their weapons and offered them tea.

"We finished our prayers, then went over to find out what was going
on," said Father Parthenius, a Greek Orthodox priest who is still inside
the church. "We spoke to them. They were very tired, nervous and scared. They
wanted something sweet, so we made some tea."

Since that moment, the Palestinians have remained inside, surrounded
by Israeli troops, snipers and surveillance equipment that tracks their
movements. The standoff has sparked near-daily gunfights, two blazes in
the attached monasteries and frequent bloodshed, prompting an international
outcry over the treatment of a place that has attracted pilgrims for almost
1,700 years.

Although each side has accused the other of desecrating the church
and acting out of desperation, the standoff at the Church of the Nativity
did not happen by accident. The decision by the Palestinians to seek refuge
there was part of a calculated strategy, planned days in advance, to map
out an escape route from their street battles with the advancing Israeli army,
according to interviews with more than a dozen Palestinian officials and
church leaders in Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

"It was planned this way," said the Rev. Majdi Siryani, a Roman
Catholic priest in Bethlehem who speaks daily with the monks and priests
inside the Church of the Nativity and counts several of the armed Palestinian
as his parishioners. "Everybody knew that if there was trouble, they would
go to the church. They knew the Israelis would not storm the holy site. They'd
be insane to do it."

For now, the siege remains a stalemate. Palestinian and Israeli
officials have scheduled talks on ending the crisis on four different occasions,
but each meeting was canceled, each side blaming the other. Israel has said
the gunmen can either agree to a trial in a military court or accept permanent
exile to another country. The Palestinians have rejected the offer.

It is not the first time that Palestinians have sought sanctuary
in the Church of the Nativity. During the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948 and
1967, scores of Bethlehem residents fled their homes for the confines of
the church. Unlike the Palestinians currently in the church, however, those
refugees were unarmed.

Palestinians here said the church was selected as a refuge because
they believed the Israeli troops would not attack it.

"The Jews will think one time or two times before going into a
mosque," said the Rev. Maroun Lahham, director of a Roman Catholic seminary
in Beit Jala, a village near Bethlehem. "But they will think 10 times before
going into a church. It is a political decision for them." Notably, no
Palestinian gunmen tried to hide in the large mosque directly across Manger
Square when Israeli troops invaded Bethlehem.

The Rev. Michael McGarry, director of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute
for Christian Studies, located between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, said the
religious orders that oversee the Church of the Nativity have a long tradition
of sheltering people who are fleeing danger, regardless of their guilt or
innocence.

"For the church, it's a very important honor and matter of dignity
to allow people to seek refuge there and not turn them over in the face of
a hostile situation," he said.

Many clergy members in Bethlehem openly support the Palestinian
cause. Several priests and monks inside the church are Arabs; others have
spent their careers ministering to Palestinian Christians. Although official
church positions vary, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, who is the head of
the Roman Catholic Church in the region, is a longtime ally of the Palestinian
leader, Yasser Arafat. Israel has rejected Palestinian attempts to have the
prelate serve as a mediator.

On the same day that the Palestinians entered the Church of the
Nativity, the Latin patriarchate in Jerusalem sent specific instructions
to its churches in the West Bank urging them to embrace people seeking protection
from the Israeli military offensive, church leaders said.

"I think the priests did expect this to happen," Lahham said. "Maybe
they didn't expect all these guns and so many people, but I'm sure they expected
people would come to the church seeking refuge."

Forty-four priests, friars, monks and nuns remain inside the church,
according to a survey of officials from the Greek Orthodox, Armenian and
Roman Catholic churches -- the three religious orders that serve as custodians
of the site. Franciscan Catholics account for three-fourths of the total.

Israeli military officials have described the clerics as hostages
unable to speak ill of their captors, but those contacted by telephone inside
the church strongly disputed that characterization.

"No, no, no," said the Rev. Amjad Sabbara, a parish priest in the
Roman Catholic compound. "We are not hostages. We share everything we have
with these people, and pray that they will be able to leave peacefully and
go back to their homes."

Sabbara said the Franciscan monks and friars have provided the
Palestinians with the bulk of their food supplies, which amount to a single
bowl of rice soup each day shared by two people. Nuns have tended to the
wounded. Franciscan leaders also oversaw the construction of two coffins
-- made of wooden shipping crates -- to hold the remains of two Palestinians
shot to death by Israeli snipers. The coffins are kept in a cave underneath
the main basilica, priests said.

Some of the clergy members are wary about the presence of gunmen
in the church. The five Armenian monks and priests have isolated themselves
in their monastery and have sealed the door that connects their quarters
to the basilica, where most of the Palestinians remain. The Armenians have
accepted some small food deliveries from the Israelis, but said they are reluctant
to share it with the Palestinians; the supplies are slim.

"We are treating them as guests, although you might call them unwanted
guests," said Bishop Aris Shirvanian, director of external affairs for the
Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem. "So far they have been respectful to
all, but you can imagine what might happen when they reach the point of starvation
and desperately look for food or water. They may become violent inside
the compound. This is a serious concern."

The six Greek Orthodox priests have offered the bottom two floors
of their monastery to the Palestinians and have handed over five sacks of
rice, but have drawn the line at providing any more food from the limited
stocks, Father Parthenius said.

He said the Greek priests have enough spaghetti, beans and rice
to last them another 10 days, plus plenty of wine.

The Church of the Nativity was originally built in 326 A.D. on
the orders of the Roman Emperor Constantine, after his mother made a pilgrimage
to the area. Local Christians first identified the site as the birthplace
of Jesus in the 2nd century.

The church was razed but rebuilt 200 years later by the Emperor
Justinian. It was also extensively remodeled by the Crusaders from Europe
and designed to repel invaders. The stone structure strongly resembles a
fortress, with thick walls, a handful of small iron-grated windows and a
tiny front door, only 4 feet 2 inches high.

The interior of the basilica is decorated with ancient mosaics
and supported by rows of red limestone columns. Most of the Palestinians
sleep on the stone floor, where there are no pews or other furniture. People
inside the church said there is a shortage of blankets, so the men sleep
in shifts. Candles illuminate the basilica during the day because so little
natural light penetrates the building.

Underneath the main floor is the Grotto of the Nativity, where
Jesus is said to have been born. Priests and monks have held daily services
here for centuries, but recently have had to sidestep about a dozen wounded
Palestinians who have turned the spot into a makeshift medical ward, priests
said.

The Greek Orthodox and Franciscans venture into the basilica and
grotto daily, where they keep candles and incense burning, but spend most
of their time in the monasteries and convents that serve as wings to the
church.

Like the basilica, those buildings are constructed like fortresses
and equipped in the same spirit. There are old cisterns that collect rainwater,
and a large well underneath the Greek Orthodox monastery. Although Palestinian
leaders said the gunmen were running out of water days ago, priests said
a sizable reservoir remained. In recent days, the Israeli army has also
delivered bottled water -- fortified with 40 minerals and vitamins -- to
some of the clergy, church leaders said.

Perhaps the most pressing shortage is a lack of cigarettes. Father
Parthenius said almost all the Palestinians are smokers and are growing increasingly
irritable from nicotine withdrawal. Some have resorted to smoking oregano
and other spices. "They're having to go cold turkey, and it bothers them
a lot," he said.

Estimates vary on the number of Palestinians inside the church.
Israeli military officials said there are between 200 and 240, but even they
aren't sure. Nor is it known exactly how many are armed.

The Israelis have said that most of the Palestinians are innocent
of crimes and that only 30 to 40 are wanted for specific crimes. They have
identified 10 of the Palestinians by name as suspected terrorists, including
two men wanted for the slaying of Avi Boaz, a U.S. citizen and longtime resident
of Israel who was dragged from his car and killed in the West Bank in January.

Gunfire erupts daily in the vicinity of the church, with each side
blaming the other for starting the fights. But the Israelis have refrained
from an all-out assault on the church, saying they want to avoid damaging
the holy site.

Col. Marcel Aviv, the commander of the Israeli forces in Bethlehem,
said the military would be patient but would not withdraw until the Palestinians
surrender.

"They think if they go inside these holy places, we won't do anything
and we'll eventually go away," he said. "But they're wrong. We'll wait here
until we get them."

In the meantime, the Israelis blare grinding noises and other unpleasant
sounds from loudspeakers set up on Manger Square. They also broadcast messages
informing the Palestinians that their families might face harm if they
don't give up.

But there have been few signs that the Palestinians are losing
their stomach for resistance. Jihad Abdul Rahman, a 16-year-old Palestinian
who escaped from the church this week, said the conditions inside were dire
but predicted the fugitives would hold out for many more days, if necessary.

"They are really in a horrible situation," he said in an interview
at his home in a refugee camp south of Bethlehem. "Prison would be a more
merciful place for them. But they were all saying they would rather die than
surrender to the Israelis. They don't trust them."